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1 How is Diane Kruger described?

2 It created the ________ as a German nation-state, effectively excluding the multi-ethnic Austrian Habsburg monarchy.

3 What was Pope Benedict XVI's birth name?

4 Within Germany, Germans are defined by ________ (Federal Germans, Bundesdeutsche), distinguished from people of German ancestry (Deutschstämmige).

5 How is Richard Wagner described?

6 What does the following picture show?  Displaying the German national colors during the soccer world cup of 2006. Similar pictures were taken only in 1989/1990 during the German reunification.   The Holy Roman Empire around AD 1000. The sphere of German influence (Regnum Teutonicorum) is marked in blue.   the "Karneval der Kulturen" - an annual celebrate diversity event in Berlin   Germanic tribes from ca. 100 AD until 300 AD.

7 Where was Albertus Magnus born?

8 What does the following picture show?  Germanic tribes from ca. 100 AD until 300 AD.   the "Karneval der Kulturen" - an annual celebrate diversity event in Berlin   The Holy Roman Empire around AD 1000. The sphere of German influence (Regnum Teutonicorum) is marked in blue.   City limits sign; this city is called Emlichheim in High German and Emmelkamp in Low German

9 Who of the following was a predecessor of Albert Speer?

10 States with the highest percentage of Americans of German descent are in the northern Midwest (especially Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, ________, and Kansas), and the Mid-Atlantic state, Pennsylvania.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 1927 American silent film The Cat and the Canary was directed by German expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni?
  • in 1847, the German engineer Gustav Schleicher, who later became a veteran of the Confederate Army, founded a commune in Texas to prove the truth of communist ideals?
  • St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Glynwood, Ohio, was the only Irish church in an area settled primarily by German Catholics?
  • the German fresco painter Johannes Zick (pictured: self-portrait) started his career as a blacksmith in his father's workshop?
  • the German actor Heinz Rühmann was 42 years old when he starred as a high school student in the 1944 film Die Feuerzangenbowle?
  • the illumination method used in modern light microscope design was invented by 27-year-old German graduate student August Köhler in 1893?
  • the German physicist Otto Laporte discovered what is known in spectroscopy as the Laporte rule?
  • Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, a German Jewish painter, is considered "the first Jewish painter" because his work was informed by his cultural and religious roots at a time when many of his contemporaries chose to convert?
  • Johann Phillip Fabricius, a German Christian missionary, completed the first translation of the Bible to Tamil?
  • German-born Richard Lieber started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
  • German classical tenor Marcus Ullmann has taken part in the recording of all Lieder of Franz Schubert, more than 700, set to the poetry of over 115 writers?
  • German artist Johnny Friedlaender, after surviving internment in Nazi concentration camps, taught Carcan and Boulanger and continued his own career to gain international recognition?
  • Giorgio Francia of Italy became the first non-German to win the German Formula Three Championship, by winning the title in the year 1974?
  • György Ligeti dedicated his Hamburg Concerto to German hornplayer Marie Luise Neunecker, who premiered it in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble?
  • Herkus Monte, one of the most famous leaders of the Great Prussian Uprising, was kidnapped in the 13th century by the Germans as a boy?
  • Richard Strauss helped the German composer Heinz Tiessen obtain a job at the Berlin State Opera in 1917?
  • German painter Ludwig Thiersch influenced the debate over Byzantine and Western influences in modern Greek art, and painted church frescoes in Greece, Austria, Germany, England, and Russia?
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